After watching the first segment “Life in Denmark”, discuss this comment made by Meryl Streep about Karen Blixen: What she learned through Karen Blixen was that, “We can bear any amount of suffering if we make a story about it.”Discuss this with your group by explaining Karen’s hardships you learned in the video and apply it to our own lives.Explain whether you agree or disagree and why. Record your group’s discussion in writing. After watching second segment “A New World”: How did Karen’s attitude and knowledge towards the natives and Africa itself change while she was there?Why do you think it had such an effect on her? After watching the third segment “The Tragic Years in Africa”: What tragedies did Karen experience in Africa?Even though she was distraught about those, what positive impact did she make on the African people?
What she learned through Karen Blixen was that, “We can bear any amount of suffering if we make a story about it.” Discuss this with your group by explaining Karen’s hardships you learned in the video and apply it to our own lives. Explain whether you agree or disagree and why.
Record your group’s discussion in writing.
After watching second segment “A New World”:
How did Karen’s attitude and knowledge towards the natives and Africa itself change while she was there? Why do you think it had such an effect on her?
After watching the third segment “The Tragic Years in Africa”:
What tragedies did Karen experience in Africa? Even though she was distraught about those, what positive impact did she make on the African people?